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I use the metalized radial caps (yellow ones) from Just Radios. I don't restuff paper caps because I figure who is ever going to see that except me. Same for ecaps unless there is no room under the chassis. I do admire those that do.

For cleaning the chassis I always remove everything I can so I can do a good job cleaning. I stay away from liquids as they are a mess but do use naval jelly sparingly on rust. I use scotchbrite abrasive wheels on a dremel tool as shown in the picture.

As for the power cord. Using a 3 wire cord and connecting the ground to the neutral is not recommended. You might as well use a two wire power cord in that case. I use two wire cords. They can be found on Amazon. The ground clip for the antenna should go to a pipe driven in the ground. That is what I do. Makes a big difference in the amount of noise. Using the house ground may very well introduce more noise.